Improvement in wire-barbing tools



2 Sheets-Sheet 1. M. KNIG'KERB'OG K'ER. Wire-Barbing T001.

No. 208,402. Patented Sept. 24,1878.

N.PETER$. PHOTO-U'IHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTDYN. D C.

- 2 Shets-Sheet 2.- M. KNIO'K'ERBOG'KER. Wire-Barbing T001.

No.208,402 Patented Sept. 24, 18 78.

N. PETERS. PHDTO-LJTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D10.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILLIS KNIOKERBOOKER, OF NEW LENOX, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIRE-BARBING TOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,402, datedSeptember 24, 1878; application filed June 25, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, MILLIs KNICKERBOCKER, of New Lenox, in the countyof WVill and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Barbing-Instruments; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class ofbarbing-instrumcnts 0perated by hand; and the invention consists in thespecial construction and combination of parts which will be hereinaftermore fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure1 is a view showing the staple placed in position on the fence-wire, andthe barbinginstrument arranged over the wire ready to form a barb of thestaple. Figs. 2 and 3 are views showing the inner side of the two partsof the instrument. Figs. at and 5 are front views of the two parts ofthe instrument, and Figs. 6 and 7 are views looking at the back of thetwo parts of the same. Fig. 8 is a perspective of the instrument.

In the drawing, A and B represent the two hand pieces or parts of theinstrument, constructed in any suitable shape, and formed with circularheads or ends 0 D, as shown. These parts A and B are secured together bya bolt, E, passed through the concentricallyarranged holes F of the ends0 D, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of drawing. The part A of theinstrument is formed with an arm, G, having the inner edge thereofrecessed at H, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4 of drawing. This part A isalso formed with a shoulder, I, recessed at J, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6of drawing. The part B of the instrument is formed with an extended arm,K, formed with a shoulder, L. This armK is provided on its inner sidewith a button or projection, M, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5 ofdrawing. It is also formed with a shoulder, N, recessed at O in a mannersimilar to that of the shoulder I of the other part of the instrument.

The operation is as follows: The wire staple P, of which the barb isformed, being properly arranged on the fence-wire, the barb-securinginstrument is arranged with the two parts A and B straddling thefence-wire, as shown in Fig. 1 of drawing, the end Q of the stapleresting against the shoulder L of the arm K, as shown in Fig. 1 ofdrawing. The part A of the instrument is held with one hand, and thepart B with the other hand. The part B should be held stationary whilethe other part,A,is pushed downwardly. By thismovement the end It of thestaple is caught in the recess H of the arm G, bent down under thefence-wire, and up into the recess 0 of the part B. At the same time theend Q of the staple is bent by the arm K under the fence-wire, and upinto the recess J of the arm A. The button or projection M serves toguide the arm G, in order that it may catch the end B of the staple andproperly bend it under the fence wire.

In forming the barb the fence-wire is slid back under the head as far asit will go, in order not only to tighten the barb on the fencewire, butto throw the ends Q and R out at right angles with the fence-wire.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V A hand barbing-instrumentformed'of the parts A and B, secured together by a bolt, E, as shown anddescribed, the part A being constructed with an arm, G, and a recessedshoulder, I, and the part B constructed with an arm, K, shoulder L,guide M, and a recessed shoulder, N, as set forth.

MILLIS KNIGKERBOOKER.

Witnesses N. M. KNIGKERBOGKER, W. R. FELLows.

